Term | ID |
totalitarianism | -system in which a single ruler affiliated with a party had complete control over a state
-similar to absolutism, but extra technology allows direct control of the peoples lives
-fascism and communism are the conservative and liberal sides of totalitarianism respectively |
Benito Mussolini | -fascist Italian leader during WWII
-took over Italy with violence and scare tactics |
Fascio di Combattimento | -the fascist political party created by Mussolini
-a conservative form of totalitariansim |
squadristi | -group of armed fascists under Mussolini who attacked socialists
-used in hopes of allowing Fascism to take over the government. |
the blackshirts | -another term for the squadristi, consisting of those hungry for violence.
-their chaos allowed people to be drawn to fascism which claimed to create order. |
"Woman into the home" | -used by Mussolini to decrease unemployment, and increase population
-stated that the role of a woman was to take care of the home and bare children |
Weimar Republic | -a republic created in Germany after their loss in WWI
-eventually taken over by the fascist Hitler and the Nazi's |
Adolph Hitler | -The Fascist leader of the Nazi party in Germany
-Helped start WWII as Fuehrer of Germany |
Mein Kampf | -Book written by Adolf Hitler while in prison for committing treason
-Defined most of his ideology including anti-Semitism and social darwinism |
Nazis | -Group of Fascists eventualy lead by Adolf Hitler
-right wing and strictly anti-communism |
lebensraum | -Idea shown in Hitler's Mein Kampf based on social Darwinism
-said that superior nation had the right/responsibility to take over inferior nations |
the enabling Act | -legally gave the Chancellor (Hitler) a four year period in which he could pass any laws without the president or congress's interference.
-passed by the Nazi dominant parliament as an amendment to the Wiemar Republic's Constitution |
Aryanism | -The belief the Aryan race (characterized by blond hair and blue eyes) was superior to others, such as Jews.
-Led to laws that allowed for discrimination against Jews |
Hitler Jugend (youth) | -youth groups in Germany supporting Nazi Germany
-focused on by Hitler to help the future of Nazi Germany |
Nuremberg laws | -Created to preserve Hitler's "pure Aryan race"
-forbade Jews from marrying non-Jews and excluded them from society |
Kristallnacht | -a night in which violent burnings of Jewish businesses, houses, and synagogues occurred
-led to encouragement of Jews to emigrate, or be sent to a concentration camp |
Francisco Franco and the Spanish Civil War | |